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Discover Ludwig"square up to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is mainly used to mean facing up to something difficult or unpleasant. For example, "He was finally forced to square up to his responsibilities and take care of his family."
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We need to square up to vested interests.
But they could yet square up to their heavyweight counterparts on the railways.
Nevertheless, Mr Mead can't quite square up to the reality of America's weakening influence.
Anyone who says that Obama is unable to square up to McCain was certainly proven wrong.
How could the half-formed imaginings of a callow Englishman square up to them?
You don't merely look at a Caravaggio; you square up to one.
She must square up to the giant and imperious faun, Pan.
They shuffle on stage and tentatively square up to each other.
The men of Georgia take on their biggest rivals and square up to the Haka for the first time.
At halftime, Newcastle changed tactics to square up to Wigan's approach, and turned a rout back into a contest.
They dance an elaborate tango, square up to each other with knives, and literally and metaphorically strip each other.
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